Who are we?
The United States Transuranium & Uranium Registries (USTUR) is a research program that studies actinide elements deposited within the human body – in persons with measurable, documented exposures to those elements.
What do we do?
The USTUR studies the biokinetics, dosimetry, and possible biological effects of actinides such as uranium, plutonium, americium, and thorium in humans.
Samples of body organs are acquired post-mortem from volunteer donors who worked with actinide elements and who had a documented intake of one or more of these radionuclides.
Scientific data from partial and whole body donations are de-identified and made available for scientists interested in studying the distribution and dosimetry of actinide elements in the human body.